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BEING THE

JUDGMENT

OF THE ANCIENT
Christian Church,

OR THE
SENSE of the CHRISTIAN WRITERS

of the first Four Centuries after :CHRIST;:
and before Austin,

CONCERNING
PREDESTINATION,

The PERSEVERANCE of
REDEMPTION,

the SAINIS,
ORIGINAL SIN,

And,
FREE-WILL,

The Case of the HEA-
EFFICACIOUS GRACE,

THENS.

Wherein also are considered,
The TESTIMONIES in favour of the Universal

Scheme, produced by Gerardus Voffius, Monsieur Daille,
and Dr. Whitby.

PART IV.

By JOHN GILL.

LONDON:
Printed for, and Sold by AARON WARD, at the King's
Arms in Little Britain, M.DCC.XXXVIII,

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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

598879 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. R 1913

L

THE

CA U SE

OF

GOD and TRUTH

The INTRODUCTION.

SINCE those doctrines which

are commonly called Calvinia ftical are charged with novelty, and are represented as running dire&tly contrary to che whole

stream of antiquity, and che sentiments of the antient Fathers, and as entirely unknown to the Christian church before the time of Austin; when, on the other hand, the doctrines of the universal scheme are said to be confirmed by the concurrent fuffrage of all antiquity, and the

express

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